Senior Correctional Police Officer Scott Buckbee signed out and refused his mandatory overtime shifts at New Jersey State Prison on several dates in December 2024 and January 2025. He was mandated to work 8 hours of overtime on those dates but did not complete the hours, and he did not supply proper medical documentation within the allotted time. Buckbee signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on 4/17/25 for a 15-day suspension.
A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 12/15/24, 12/16/24, 12/17/24, 12/20/24, 12/28/24,12/31/24, 1/4/25, and 1/7/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Scott Buckbee signed out, refusing his mandatory overtime shift. SCPO Buckbee was mandated to work 8 hours of overtime on those dates; however, he did not complete those mandated hours. Furthermore, SCPO Buckbee did not supply proper medical documentation to support the refusals within the allotted time frame. SCPO Buckbee signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on this matter on 4/17/25 for a 15-day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Other officers at Department Of Corrections
433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Scott Buckbee, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/scott-buckbee-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Scott Buckbee's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Scott Buckbee signed out and refused his mandatory overtime shifts at New Jersey State Prison on several dates in December 2024 and January 2025. He was mandated to work 8 hours of overtime on those dates but did not complete the hours, and he did not supply proper medical documentation within the allotted time. Buckbee signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on 4/17/25 for a 15-day suspension.
What is Scott Buckbee's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Scott Buckbee has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Scott Buckbee's base salary on record?
Scott Buckbee's reported base salary is $76,406, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Scott Buckbee has 3 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Scott Buckbee worked for?
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Scott Buckbee individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 573. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213603, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩